'The Big C' exec explains character return

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The Big C's executive producer Darlene Hunt has revealed that she was pleased that she could bring back Marlene.

Marlene (Phyllis Somerville) was the neighbor of Cathy (Laura Linney) in the first season but ended up killing herself.

However, she has now appeared in the second season and Hunt explained that she will return in the future.

She said: "It was super fun to have her back again, and she will continue to show up in very surprising ways."

Hunt also suggested that Marlene's appearances make sense on the show.

"We wanted to play with this idea of the living and the dead and the fact that as [Cathy] becomes sicker, she's getting closer to the death realm," she said. "I also think that when you lose someone, it's easy to imagine them still around."